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1954 Nebraska

6–⁠5 (4–⁠2 Big Seven), coached by William Glassford.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1954, game by game: lost at Minnesota 7–19; won vs. Iowa State 39–14; lost vs. Kansas State 3–7; won vs. Oregon State 27–7; won at No. 11 Colorado 20–6; won vs. Missouri 25–19; won at Kansas 41–20; lost vs. Pittsburgh 7–21; lost at No. 3 Oklahoma 7–55; won at Hawai’i 50–0; lost vs. No. 20 Duke 7–34+50−48Lost 7–19 at Minnesota-12MinnesotaWon 39–14 vs. Iowa State+25Iowa StateLost 3–7 vs. Kansas State-4Kansas StateWon 27–7 vs. Oregon State+20Oregon StateWon 20–6 at No. 11 Colorado+14No. 11 ColoradoWon 25–19 vs. Missouri+6MissouriWon 41–20 at Kansas+21KansasLost 7–21 vs. Pittsburgh-14PittsburghLost 7–55 at No. 3 Oklahoma-48No. 3 OklahomaWon 50–0 at Hawai’i+50Hawai’iLost 7–34 vs. No. 20 Duke-27No. 20 Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1932%
Oct 2vsIowa StateW 39–⁠1464%
Oct 9vsKansas StateL 3–⁠752%
Oct 16vsOregon StateW 27–⁠761%
Oct 23at11ColoradoW 20–⁠619%
Oct 30vsMissouriW 25–⁠1955%
Nov 6atKansasW 41–⁠2069%
Nov 13vsPittsburghL 7–⁠2168%
Nov 20at3OklahomaL 7–⁠5513%
Nov 26atHawai’iW 50–⁠088%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs20DukeOrange BowlL 7–⁠3429%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duke 34–⁠7 in the Orange Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20

Led the nationWilliam Greenlaw: yards per carry (7.6)

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠2 2nd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
233–⁠202
Coach
William Glassford
Elo
1483 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.6 No. 54 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Split-T

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 5Don Glantz OTWashington Redskins

All-Big Seven

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bob SmithBAP-1
  • Charles BryantOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠03
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠37–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠53–⁠6
Kansas0–⁠60–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.